[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In the year 1S4"> a bridge was built by Colonel Pierre Van Cortlandt across the wide estuary of Annsville Creek, a short distance east of the present CORTL railroad bridge. A dock and hotel were also built by him at Roa Hook. Some of the large steamboats which could not land at Peekskill on account of the shallowness of the water, made Van Cortlandt's dock a stopping place, and the people of Peekskill traveled to or from them by way of the bridge. This condition of affairs con-tinued for several years, when the passage of the rail-road along the river in 1849 rendered the landing of steamboats there unnecessary. The bridge was al-lowed to go uncared for, and the moving of ice and the stress of wind and weather soon accomplished its destruction. The hotel was taken down owing to the removal of the valuable gravel on which it was built, Harvey P. Farrington, who from early life has been connected with the transportation business on the Hudson and other waters adjacent to New York, was born in the town of Harrison, Westchester County, July 21, 1820. His father was also engaged in the same business for many years-At first Mr. Farring-ton ran several sloops, but subsequently used steam vessels and barges for transporting freight. At a later period he became connected with the Knickerbocker Ice Company, Irving Savings Bank and Irving National Bank, being a director in the two last-named institutions.